How BRILLIANT would it be if Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell were a couple?

Yes, I know she's married and he's going out with someone else, but let's follow Ashley's lead and not worry about that.

Think about it - she's the best famous woman in the country, he's the best famous man. They would literally be the ultimate celebrity super-couple of all time.

There's been a gap in the market ever since the Beckhams abandoned their post and only the unstoppable, combined star power of Cheryl and Simon could possibly fill it.

He's loaded, she's the most fancied girl in Britain. We could call them Dosh and Sex! OK, we don't have to.

If they did get together, CoCo's couple power would far exceed Victoria and David's.

Like Becks, Si is admired by men and lusted after by women. Like Posh, girls are influenced by what Cheryl wears. But Cheryl's gone one step further and somehow achieved the impossible - especially in these depressingly anti-sisterhoody times.

Women absolutely love her.

We don't even mind that she's beautiful and funny, or that our blokes want to be unfaithful to us with her. It's like Cheryl's cast a spell over Britain... just like Simon did when he launched Pop Idol, X Factor and Britain's Got Talent! Soul-mate alert!

Plus, watching the way they interact on the panel, it's obvious Simon respects Cheryl.

Actively flirting they may not be, but there's definitely chemistry. And she's already proved she's not afraid to stand up to him, which is probably exactly what it takes to keep him interested.

Ohmygod, IMAGINE THEIR CHILDREN! Yeah, yeah, Simon says he doesn't want any, but I'm sure that would change if he was with Cheryl. Half because of true love, and half because he's got a brilliant business brain.

If he works out how many kids to have, and at what intervals, he can provide future generations of talent show viewers with uber-judges for years and years to come...